COMMUNITY PROFILES

Known as the “Crossroads of America,” Indianapolis claims more interstate highways bisecting the city than any other in the nation. The city itself was designed by the architects of Washington, D.C., who laid out a mile-square grid with Monument Circle serving as the focal point. Second only to the nation’s capital in the number of memorials, Indianapolis pays homage to Medal of Honor recipients, law enforcement and firefighters, and Hoosiers who lost their lives in conflicts from the Civil War to Somalia. One of just 26 national monuments, the USS Indianapolis Memorial recognizes those who died on the last U.S. ship to sink during World War II.